EddyTeddyFreddy apparently has come across a vegetarian equivalent of McRib patties which sound worse than the real thing.
Heh. I haven’t tried the “real thing” but I can attest that the “Riblets” I had were barely in the same solar system as good ribs.
The occasional craving for their fare is called “McPica”.
McUnexplainable? 
I’ve had vegetable lasagna that uses a bechamel sauce in lieu of a tomato-based sauce, but it also would have ricotta or (yuck!) cottage cheese.
People who use cottage cheese in place of ricotta are just sad.
That sort of behavior is only acceptable if it’s 1977 and you are in Muncie, IN, where ricotta cheese is not yet available at the Piggly Wiggly.
Could be worse; could be vegan “cheese”.
I agree–filetofish isn’t much bigger than White castle and twice as expensive. But Rallys deep sea double ummmm
I’m out about town for some appointments today, and since I didn’t have time to sit down and eat I popped into AM/PM looking for a hot dog I could eat while waiting for the bus. They didn’t have any hot dogs ready, but they had rib sandwiches for $3.49.
It’s a McRib. Same bun, same pork patty with the same texture and artificial smoke flavor, same kind of BBQ sauce slathered on. Identical in every way that I could tell.
So if you’re really in the mood for one in the off-season, AM/PM has you covered.
What is AM/PM?
I tried googling it.
I guess if you don’t recognize it immediately, it’s not close enough to worry about.
Ah. A convenience store, but with a substantial food and beverage service.
I think it might mainly be a west coast thing - they’re usually attached to Arco gas stations. Their hot food isn’t as impressive as some of the east coast gas stations I’ve heard tell of, but they have a bigger selection than 7/11 and it’s cheap and edible.
It’s kind of odd to me how much there are still regional chains in the convenience store space. 7-11 is worldwide, but the other brands that may be ubiquitous in your (any “your”) part of the country are unheard of a few states away.
A lot of them (Sheetz and Wawa in the East, KwikTrip in the upper Midwest, etc.) are usually (if not always) part of gas stations, and I guess there are still a lot of regional gas station chains.
Historically the convenience store market has been famously fragmented, with the top TEN operators not controlling even 20% of the market.
There have been sporadic attempts to consolidate, with the latest being the attempt by Alimentation Couche-Tard attempting to buy 7-Eleven’s parent. You’ve probably heard of ACT as Circle K, which is the name they operate under in the US. Circle K is bigger than 7-11 in the US.
The trend in convenience stores is to be more “prepared food forward” and compete with fast food restaurants.
Proof of how fragmented the market is might be that I, who have worked in Retail Management or Consulting focused on Retail most of my life had never heard of AM/PM, which is apparently a major player on the West Coast with over 1000 locations.
Or maybe it’s proof that I’m an idiot. And you should all heavily discount anything I’ve said about retail in the last 10 years here.
What’s J.D. Vance got to do with it?
